Artline Editor: Ray Almond, contact at : raymondalmond@yahoo.com

gallery curator, Gayle Paul, to

discuss a possible 2014 TAA

Open Show at the Portsmouth

Art and Cultural Center again

and what formats and themes

to be considered for it as well.

The winners of $1300.00 in

cash awards, and also the

Honorable Mentions for the

“Creative Variations” show

are listed on the Kudos (page

2) below, and includes some

current TAA Members &new

ones too !

And if you have not been able

to see this show so far, please

take some time to see the very

exceptional number of new

works on display, as there is

something for every art lover’s

taste in paintings, sculptures,

and creative photographs too,

and it continues there through

May 27th

2013!

I personally liked the 2nd

Place

Award sculpture by Akiko

Tanaka, who made an

unusually - shaped and very

expressive piece of work, and I

rarely have seen such a creative

work as that one ! And I am

not usually drawn to clay

sculptures, unless it is by either

TAA’s John Tobin or Lesley

Hildreth, who always seem to

make something interesting to

both look at and to purchase

too!

President’s Letter

April 2013

Hello TAA members,

This month our Members

General Meeting will

discuss some ideas for future

TAA shows, and we need a

volunteer host for the

Annual TAA “End-of-

Year” Party in June 2013 !

The “Opening Night” for

our “Creative Variations”

juried TAA Miniature

Exhibition Show that

opened on Friday evening,

March 1st, 2013 was a huge

success, and Gayle Paul, the

curator of the Portsmouth Art

and Cultural Center was very

pleased with the quality and

variety of the selected works!

This TAA “Open Show” was

also a financial success for

TAA, even though we had

the largest amount of prize

money awarded to the artists

in the show, and much of the

credit for it’s success is

because our show chair,

Barbara Henning –Loomis,

TAA’s 2nd

Vice President,

thought TAA needed to reach

out to more non-TAA artist

members to enter our show,

and also to make some new

TAA members in the entry

process, and it worked out

very well! Thanks, Barb!

And later this month, she

will meet again with the

Tidewater Art Alliance for Visual Artists Non-profit organization

The “Creative Variations”

show “Opening Night” photos

are on pages 5 & 6 below, and

you will recognize many TAA

Members in the photos taken by

TAA 1st V.P. Al Benas, and

myself that capture the energy

of that special opening night !

Sincerely,

Ray

Below is another famous artist

quote to ponder as we all are

continuing our knowledge of art,

and learning new creative

techniques, to making better and

more expressive art to share

with ourselves, friends, family,

and society too.

“The beautiful is in nature, and

it is encountered under the

most diverse forms of reality.

Once it is found, it belongs to

Art, or rather the artist who

discovers it!

Gustave Courbet 1819-1877

Executive Officers President —Ray Almond 1st. V.P.— Al Benas 2nd. V.P.— Barbara Henning-Loomis

Treasurer— Jennifer Darnell, CPA Secretary — Dana Johnson

Board of Directors President: Ray Almond Director/1st VP: Al Benas Director/2nd VP: Barbara Henning-Loomis Director/Treasurer: Jennifer Darnell, CPA Director/Secretary: Dana Johnson Director/Web Master: Philip McDonald Director/Membership: Mike Young Director/Accountant: Daniel Hargrave, CPA Director/Past President: Mary Anne Gamboa

Member Volunteers Artistic Chair:

Mary Ann Gamboa 416-8343 Artline Editor: Ray Almond (757) 638-5227 Controller:

Position available Exhibitions/Events:

Position available History:

M. Moore Nicholson 282-6982 Hospitality:

Position available Mailing:

Betsy Rivers-Kennedy 434-8041 Membership:

Mike Young 624-9604 Photographers:

Debbie Agate, 630-7026 Ray Almond, 714-7590 (backup) Programs: Position Available Public Relations:

Norman Goodwin 423-6305 Publicity:

Ray Almond 638-5227 Recruiting:

Sheila Robinson 625-2880 Reception Host:

Position available Telephone Tree:

Elaine Hampton 930–2021 Volunteer Coordinator:

Position Available Website curator: Philip McDonald

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Standard General Meeting Schedule — 2013

Member’s Regular Meetings: 2nd Monday each month at 7:00 p.m.. at One-Eleven Art Gallery,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia.

Note: April TAA General Meeting: 7 p.m., Monday April 8th 2013 at the One- Eleven Art Gallery in Norfolk, Virginia

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Kudos Korner

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A Note about Kudos Submissions:

In order for Kudos Korner to applaud TAA Members, it is important for individual artists to submit their own good deeds (or those of

another artist!)

Submissions can be made via new TAA Editor email :

raymondalmond@yahoo.com by the 15th of every month for the next edition of our

Artline Newsletter. Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message,

and mention that it’s for ‘Kudos’!

Please follow normal guidelines for submitting to Artline: see the box on last

page of this issue.

And special thanks to: the TAA “Creative Variations” Show Chair Barbara Henning-Loomis and Curator Gayle Paul, and her Portsmouth Fine Arts and Cultural Center’s creative staff, who hung and displayed the art so tastefully, and provided libations and food for the March 1st opening !

Director/Curator- Gayle Paul, of the PFA & CC Center

TAA Show Chair: Barbara Henning Loomis

TAA “Creative Variations” Juried Exhibition Open Show Awards by the show’s juror, Robert Sites, are as follows : 1st Place $750 Award : Mark Miltz , painting and a new TAA Member ! 2nd Place $300 Award : Akiko Tanaka sculpture “White & Yellow Joy” 3rd Place $150 Award : James Warwick Jones, painting “After Hurricane Isobel” Awards of Merit -$50 : Robert Boyette – “Stories”, photograph Bernard Conda – “Meredirh & Kristina, & Mike, Amanda & Kristina” Honorable Mention Award Ribbons : Mitchell Barnes – “The Beginning”, encaustic painting Yvonne Wilson-Boone – “Burst”, digital photograph Gary Hess – “Bridge to the Horizon”, photograph Mike Morgan – “Self-Portrait”, drawing And the “Juror’s Mention” of Excellence : Mary Lee Ruff, drawing Christine Harris, “Defended Interiors”, polymer sculpture

Above TAA member artist, Gerry Lee Wertheimer’s painting on Shikishi rice paper titled : “Approaching Storm” won the 1st Place Award in February for Innitiative Watercolor at the Richard Stravitz Art Gallery’s Juried Show in Va, Beach, Va.

At Right : “Creative Variations Exhibition” juror Robert Sites, presents the 1st Place $750.00 cash award to a new TAA Member, Mark Miltz, on “Opening Night” , at the Portsmouth Fine Arts and Cultural Center’s ground

floor gallery.

And TAA member, Al Benas, won the “Jurors Choice” Award for his black & white photograph, “Death Valley” that he took last summer during a long personal tour of the American South West for the 29th Juried Suffolk Art Gallery’s Photography Exhibition

continues until Friday, April 19th.

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Current Local Art Shows to See or Enter of Note :

Continuing at The Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Va. Formerly known as the Courthouse Galleries,– (757) 393-8543 - email: contact@portsmouthartcenter.com Mailing Address : 521 Middle Street , Portsmouth, Va. 23704

“Creative Variations” juried Tidewater Art Alliance Exhibition”

in the First Floor Gallery- February 23rd – May 27th 2013 Exhibition Hours : Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,· Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Closed Mondays, except Monday Holidays

This juried open exhibition was planned and coordinated by the Tidewater Art Alliance’s membership. This was an open invitational exhibition where artists from the region and beyond were invited to participate. The juror for this 2013 exhibition is the award-winning artist, Robert Sites, who will also present an overview talk about this show, and will present awards to the selected winning artists in this varied and unique exhibit

of art from TAA members and others too.

Continuing at The Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center 400 High Street, Portsmouth, Va. Formerly known as the Courthouse Galleries,– (757) 393-8543 - email: contact@portsmouthartcenter.com Mailing Address : 521 Middle Street , Portsmouth, Va. 23704

“American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art” in the Main Gallery- February 2nd-April 28th 2013 Exhibition Hours : Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.,· Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. A celebration of 30 master craftspeople and traditional artists from the South. The exhibit introduces visitors to a surprising range of art work, from a Mardi Gras Indian costume and contemporary glass to baskets, quilts, ceramics, and books. This exhibit examines connections and differences between traditional arts and contemporary craft, and the actual stories and voices of living master artists continuing an ongoing tradition and whose mastery of the process and materials invites a deeper appreciation of their craft.

TAA Member Yvonne Wilson-Boone – “Burst”, digital photograph –Honorable Mention Ribbon Award

One-Eleven Art Studio’s TAA Member Artist’s Exhibition Opening Reception : Friday, April 19

th, From 5;50- &:30 p.m.

One-Eleven Art Gallery,111 Pennsylvania Ave, (near the 3900 Block of Granby Street), Norfolk, Virginia. (757) 625-1110

Presenting the Recent Fine Art works of 111 Studio Artists : Barbara Henning-Loomis, Betsy Rivers Kennedy,& Ann Moore

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Opening at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center 4205 Victoria Blvd. Hampton, VA 23669 – (757) 727-1490 - email: jwjones@hampton.gov

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00a.m. - 6:00 p.m.-Weekends : 1:00p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition & Show Info : http://www.hamptonarts.net/charles-h-taylor-arts-center-/exhibitions

The 34th

Annual Virginia Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition From: April 20 – May 26th 2013 Opening Reception: Saturday April 20th, from 2:00 - 400 p.m. This annual VWS exhibition showcases over 105 art works by many of Virginia’s finest watercolor painters,

and represents the highlight of the year for watercolorists from around the state. Works in every style from

photo realism to total abstraction expressed in traditional transparent watercolor, opaque gouache, mixed media

and collage with water media and acrylic on paper will be featured. Carole Barnes will serve as juror and select

over $6,750 in awards including the $1,000 Best in Show VWS Award.

Also in April at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center

25th Annual Live and Silent Auction Fundraiser Saturday April 13th, from 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.- Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door Wine, Drinks, and Food included during the event, call for tickets & more details

Sign Up for TAA Member Dr. Norman Goodwin’s “Continuing creative 4-week Studio Art Classes” :

“Creating Mixed-media Works on both Paper and Canvas” Begins: Wednesday April 10th,2013 from 1-3:00 p.m. at the One-Eleven Art Gallery, 111 Pennsylvania Ave. Norfolk, just off Granby Street. Call Norman at (757) 423-6305 for the required class materials, etc.! 4-week class only : $67.50 ! (or e-mail him at : terrysos@cox.net ( Norman’s Studio classes continue every 4 weeks, challenging your creativity, both painting and drawing with mixed-media techniques of water-media paints,

oil-pastels, ink,etc., on both paper and canvas surfaces )

( Above: Norman Goodwin demonstrating one of his unique mixed-media techniques on paper to two of his attentive students )

Continuing at the Suffolk Art Gallery:

118 Bosley Ave, Suffolk,Virginia (757) 925-0448 Web information : suffolkartleague@verizon.net

Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 5:00pm and Sunday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm. Web Show 2012-13 Exhibition Info : http://suffolkartleague.org

29th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

From Saturday March 9th – Friday April 19th, 2013

The Suffolk Art League is a Community Partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Above: The always-dapper, TAA’s Mike Brewer, and TAA’s Jenny Windsor in the background at the Opening Night Reception. AT Right: TAA Artists & spouses taking a break.

Below: Photos of the “Opening Night”- TAA “Creative Variations” Exhibition , March 1st, 2013 – submitted by Al Benas & Ray Almond

Above: TAA’s Shelia Robinson and Bernard Conda viewing art

Above: Part of the crowded and art-filled gallery on “Opening Night” of TAA’s “Creative Variations Exhibition” at the Portsmouth Fine Arts and Cultural Center, March 1st, 2013.

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Below: More Photos of the “Opening Night”- TAA “Creative Variations” Exhibition , March 1st, 2013 – submitted by Al Benas & Ray Almond

Above: TAA’s Membership Director, Mike Young, on right

Above: TAA’s John Tobin & friend

Above: Bob Sites & TAA’s Mary Lee Ruff,“Juror’s Mention of Excellence”

Above: Honorable Mention Award presented to Gary Hess, on right

Above: “Juror’s Mention” to sculptor Christine Harris

Above lower left: Honorable Mention Award for photograph,“Stories” by Robert Boyette. Below: Honorable Mention Award presented by juror Bob Sites, to artist Bernard Conda on right

Above: Two Opening Night Guests enjoying the evening of art

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Now at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center … Museum Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (757) 596-8175 Web information : www.pfac.org Closed Mondays, Tuesday-Saturday 10:00a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sundays 1:00-5:00 p.m.

“ The Working South : Mary Whyte”

From Saturday April 6th – Friday, May 17th 2013 Free Admission to PFAC Members, $10.00 for Non-Members

The Working South reveals an intimate portrayal of the workers left behind by so-called progress and outsourcing: cotton pickers, wooden boat builders, textile mill workers, crabbers, shrimpers, the shoe shine man, and so on. Traveling the South for three and a half years, artist Mary Whyte, who lives in Charleston, South Carolina, interviewed and painted dozens of people in various industries that are quickly vanishing or dramatically changing. Through the challenging medium of watercolor, Whyte has taken the unseen and given them a face we cannot easily forget. The exhibition will include 30 major watercolors, 20 accompanying watercolor studies, and a selection of the artist’s sketchbooks. The Peninsula Fine Arts Center is the final stop on the tour that included the Morris Museum of Art, Gibbes Museum of Art and

Telfair Museum of Art.

Try TAA’s Lee Gerry Wertheimer’s: “The Joy of Painting Class”

Register Online at : www.adultlearning.vbschools.com/comed_reg.htm

Register for Course # 2104-02 , “Joy of Painting” taught by TAA Member, Lee G.Wertheimer at the Virginia Beach Adult Learning Center, 4160 Virginia Beach Blvd., Va. Beach, Va. 23452

VB Adult Learning Center From Wednesday April 10-May 22nd

, 2013-Call (757) 648-6050

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You can help the Arts in Virginia—Here’s how!!

Virginians now have the opportunity to contribute part of

their state income tax refund to the Virginia Arts Foundation by checking a box on their return form. It’s never been so simple to support the arts in Virginia.

Because the foundation may receive but not solicit private funds, money will have to come from the purchase of arts license plate and other special sources, such as this tax check off box.

The interest on all funds received will be distributed in grants by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Please help support the arts in Virginia. Check off a contribution for the Virginia Arts Foundation on your state income return. It’s one of the most important checks you can write – and now, it’s one of the easiest.

Check out the news from some of our sister organizations in the Tidewater Area:

Chesapeake Bay Art Association (CBAA):

http://www.chesapeakebayartassociation.com/

Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists CBW): http://www.chesapeakebaywatercolorists.com/

D’Art Center

http://www.d-artcenter.org/

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center http://www.hamptonarts.net/

The Artists Gallery

www.theartistsgallery.org Norfolk Botanical Gardens Presents: “Nature Paintings in Oil”, by Betty Hadfield Now through June 30th, 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. daily ( Regular grounds access fees apply ) See : http://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/programs-events/indoor-exhibits

…and remember to check our own TAA website often:

www.tidewaterartalliance.com

Note : New email address for submitting items for the TAA Artline : Please be sure to include “Artline” in the subject line of your message! (...unless you want your message to get lost in the tons

of email your editor receives every day.) If your message doesn’t say “Artline” it might get rejected as trash! Each photo needs its own caption, in its own email. Please send each photo, properly captioned, in a separate email. Use

another email for each additional photo, along with its caption. That way your Editor won’t get photos mixed up with the wrong caption. Please limit file size to about 1megabyte per photo. (1 MB is sufficient for online viewing, and we’re not printing posters here!) What’s a proper caption? Please write a full sentence, identifying the principal people or art pieces in the photo, with an explanation

of what’s going on (which event, award, etc.) Feature Articles: If you have an idea for a feature article (say, to highlight your work or a favorite technique), make the suggestion to

your editor, Ray Almond ( raymondalmond@yahoo.com ), who will be glad to work with you to produce your article. And include “Artline” in your subject line! Please!! Deadline: 15

th of the preceding month.

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New Website for the Arts in Hampton Roads…

www.artscenehamptonroads.com

(Just click on it; in case you haven’t noticed, all links shown in Artline are live!)

Calls to Artists, for the 2013 timeframe

To get newly posted calls, please check the following websites often:

http://professionalartistmag.com/ http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/

http://www.callsforartists.com/ http://www.d-artcenter.org/

The listings there will be more comprehensive and up-to-date than any listing copied into Artline. If you know of any other websites for Artist Calls, please send what you know to your Artline editor ( raymondalmond@yahoo.com ) for

printing in future issues for other members’ benefit.

Won a prize? Got into a show? Been selected as a juror? Tell your editor about it, and you may be featured in a

future issue of Artline!

Don’t be bashful!